Christopher Johnston, Author at The Land

How the Collaborative to End Human Trafficking is trying to end modern day slavery in Northeast Ohio

By Christopher Johnston ● Civic Engagement ● June 26, 2025

“Everyone has a role to play in combatting human trafficking, and it all starts with education: Know the issue, what it really means, how it shows up here in our community, and what we can do about it.”

Teaching Transliterature: How a Cleveland-area academic pioneered a field of study to amplify voices of change

By Christopher Johnston ● Education ● June 3, 2025

“I had to plant a flag saying transliterature exists, it is important, and it is worthy of study.”

How one Cleveland professor’s innovative research is fighting sexual assault around the nation

By Christopher Johnston ● Public Safety ● May 6, 2025

“The research coming out of Rachel [Lovell]’s group has opened our eyes and educated us regarding the effect of sexual assault on the victim, and understanding what they have gone through by the time they are talking to us helps us be better prosecutors.”

LAByrinth events gather cornucopia of Cleveland artists

By Christopher Johnston ● Arts & Culture ● April 25, 2025

“The LAByrinth is a great way to showcase your work. It’s cool to collaborate with other Cleveland artists, and the fact that everyone does something a little different makes it super interesting and a great way to learn something new.”

Literacy Cooperative raises awareness of Cleveland’s child literacy emergency

By Christopher Johnston ● Education ● March 26, 2025

According to “The Nation’s Report Card” issued by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) on Jan. 24, 2025, Cleveland was ranked 24th for fourth and eighth grade reading out of 25 major cities across the U.S. The city only marginally outscored Detroit in both categories of the NAEP’s tests.

D.O.C. Studios makes acting an active community experience in Cleveland

By Christopher Johnston ● Arts & Culture ● November 19, 2024

On a warm night in late fall at the Rainey Institute on East 55th Street in Cleveland, Ananias Dixon leads a group of roughly 35 acting students mostly in their 20s and 30s through a fun, high-energy warm-up exercise. It’s another free Community Mode Monday for D.O.C. Studios, and Dixon, co-director and an acclaimed Cleveland actor and theatre teacher, dives into this movement activity known as the Golden Light ritual.

Cleveland’s air quality response ramps up, eyes new standards, monitors, solutions

By Christopher Johnston ● Health ● December 12, 2022

With its history of poor air quality, Cleveland is making moves to tighten its standards, improve monitoring, and plan long-term transportation solutions.

$1.25 million Edna House expansion fills recovery gap, adds long-term housing

By Christopher Johnston ● Health ● August 16, 2022

The Edna House for Women provides recovery services and housing to women struggling with alcoholism and substance use disorder. After noting that many women needed longer-term residential services, Edna House undertook and completed a $1.25 million expansion and renovation.

Land conservancy wants to clean up vacant lots littering the city

By Christopher Johnston ● Arts & Culture ● April 5, 2022

There are more than 30,000 vacant lots in the city of Cleveland, many of them frequent targets of illegal dumping. A local nonprofit is trying to clean them up and help the city reclaim the title, “The Forest City.”

How can Cleveland’s nonprofits improve access to healthy food?

By Christopher Johnston ● Economy ● March 16, 2022

Rite Aid Healthy Futures is supporting three Cleveland food access programs: the Greater Cleveland Food Bank, The FARE Project, and Food Strong. With nearly 14 percent of Cuyahoga County food insecure, these efforts are fighting hunger in our area.

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